[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Then there are these:
(Note: real infected people in RCTs, not hamsters or bench tests)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340570735_Masks_Don’t_Work_A_review_of_science_relevant_to_COVID-19_social_policy

And

https://www.technocracy.news/blaylock-face-masks-pose-serious-risks-to-the-healthy/

[TexasKamaAina]

Thank you for the links. I read them both. It is refreshing to receive an objection that is comprehensive and data-driven and not an unknowing, bombastic rejection. The latter is becoming more prevalent on FR lately.

The articles make me wonder why surgical masks are even used in surgeries. Do you know? Also, the studies referred to are all related to influenza. Do you think it makes any difference that the hamster study was specific to COVID-19?